What is most interesting is that Cornell is the only Ivy in the group….and that the group does not include Stanford or Berkeley….and that 3 of the schools in the list are very small colleges (Babson #1, Mt. Holyoke #6 and Smith #2).

I am not sure of the criteria for the ranking, but like the result non-the-less.

A friend of mine just sent me this “all in one” resource published by the NYSE called “The Entrepreneur’s Roadmap – From Concept to IPO”. I first saw that it was 321 pages and thought to myself that it would be indigestible to most entrepreneurs. But then I saw how it is was organized and who wrote the various sections. Very digestible!

Each year Pitchbook runs an analysis of which universities/colleges have the most VC backed alumni. In theory, this should be a measure of the entrepreneurship heft of the given school. Here is their just published report. Highlights:

Methodology: Pitchbook tracked founders of companies that received a first round of venture funding between January 1, 2006 and August 18, 2017. Large data base.

Page 4: Cornell ranks 6th for undergraduate programs for the number of VC backed entrepreneurs.

A Buffalo-based business publication just published an article called “Which parts of Upstate New York have the strongest economies? (And which are trailing the pack?)”. Here is a PDF of the article: Upstate NY Strongest Economies.

I am obviously delighted with Ithaca’s ranking and proud to be part of this great and growing ecosystem. Things are hustling and bustling here and startups are leading the way!

Cornell MBA student Mike Annunziata recently published a great article on starting a company at Cornell from the perspective of a student. Mike has in fact started a company called Natural Cuts https://www.natural-cuts.com/, and no, it is not a hair cutting salon!